Margaret Jane Forbes

  General Notes:

Margaret and John Rickart immigrated to Maryborough Australia on the ship Maulesden which arrived 1883 and probably resided in Rockhampton. They may have run a bakery there.

John Rickart was born on 1 Sept 1858 in Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire and died at Hillcrest, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia, 6 October 1909.

They had seven children -
1. John Rickart born 28 June 1883 and died 14 July 1883
2. John Rickart born 11 November 1886
3. William John Forbes Rickart born 7 November 1888 may have married Ruby Ethel Elizabeth Davis in 1914.
4. Thomas McAdam Rickart born 1890 and died 26 August 1890
5. Henry Forbes Rickart born 2 January 1893 and died 3 January 1893 and was buried at South Rockhampton Cemetery on 4 April 1893.
6. Lewis Rickart born 25 November 1895 and died 20 November 1931.
7. Thomas McAdam Rickart born 2 April 1893 and died 3 April 1893 and was buried at South Rockhampton Cemetery on 4 April 1893.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: 92 St Johns Street, 1861, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Residence: 28 Young Street, 1871, St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Marriage: to John Rickart, 28 December 1882, 2 Gray's Building, Abeerden.

• Emergrats, 1883, Queensland, Australia.

• Occupation: Home Duties, 1903, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

• Residence: 11 Albert Street, 1903, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

• Residence: 102 Archer Street, 1919, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

• Occupation: Home Duties, 1925, Fitzroy, Capricornia, Queensland, Australia.

• Residence: 96 Archer Street, 1925, Fitzroy, Capricornia, Queensland, Australia.